Cisco offers a diverse catalog of wireless networking products and technologies engineered to increase worker output, facilitate teamwork, and sharpen responsiveness among workers, partners, and customers. This solution allows real-time business-critical applications and creates a safe, mobile, interactive environment so that organizations can go beyond customer expectations, outpace their competitors, and realize a measurable return on investment in information technology. Cisco wireless technologies familiar to Progent include wireless access points, wireless bridges, LAN controllers, and client devices.

The Cisco Unified Wireless Network infrastructure delivers cost-effective wireless technology for business-critical mobility. Cisco's products enables the identical level of protection, scalability, and manageability for wireless LANs that companies expect for their wired LANs. This encompasses built-in enterprise-class security that identifies, prevents, and responds to familiar and unknown security threats. Cisco's wireless portfolio includes integrated mobility services such as voice, positioning services, guest connectivity, and expanded protection. Cisco technology has the versatility and scalability to meet the requirements of networks of all sizes, from small companies to global enterprises, within WLAN campus installations or branch offices. Cisco's Unified Wireless Network platform enables companies to exploit their RF environment to improve their business and improve productivity through a mobile and connected workforce. Cisco's wireless portfolio of products reduce overall operational costs and facilitate network implementation, management, and support.

Cisco Access Points
Cisco access points) provide protected, easy-to-manage, and reliable network links with outstanding range and efficiency. Lightweight wireless access points operate in conjunction with Cisco's wireless local area network controllers and Cisco's Wireless Control System (WCS). Cisco provides wireless access points with either single WiFi radio for up to 54 Mbps of throughput or dual WiFi radio LAN access points supporting both 802.11g and 802.11a for as much as 108 Mbps of throughput. The Aironet line includes wireless access points targeted for offices and ordinary indoor facilities, for noisy RF situations such as factories and warehouses, and for the outdoors. These devices can be installed on desktops, on walls, on ceilings, above ceilings, and on towers. Cisco Wireless Mesh devices enable cost-effective, scalable deployment of secure outdoor wireless networks that incorporate Mesh technology.

All Aironet Wireless access points accommodate the Cisco SWAN network, an architecture for wired/wireless interfacing that delivers enhanced degrees of security, manageability, and important services.

Aironet 1000 or 1130AG family wireless access points are designed for offices and similar environments which have little environmental instability. These products have integrated antennas that offer predictable omnidirectional range patterns. The Aironet 1130G family wireless access point is available for regulatory locations that do not allow 5GHz transmission.

Aironet 1230AG/1240AG family wireless access points are designed for more challenging RF situations such as manufacturing plants and warehouses or above suspended ceilings which commonly call for flexible external antennas and ruggedized enclosures. The 1240G Series access point is designed for controlled locations that do not allow 802.11a/5GHz transmission.

Aironet 1500 lightweight outside mesh access points provide an economical, expandable, secure outdoor WiFi mechanism for enterprise campus and public access for mobile devices in outdoor environments.

Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Bridges
Cisco Aironet wireless bridges provide a high-throughput and feature-rich solution for connecting numerous local area networks in a metro situation or public wireless network. Cisco bridges offer a flexible, manageable solution that satisfies the protection demands of public networking professionals. These devices manage both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint implementations with outstanding range and support for traffic throughput as high as 54 Mbps.

Cisco wireless bridges deliver data rates dramatically faster than E1/T1 lines for a fraction of the cost, erasing the requirement for costly leased lines when connecting different offices. Since wireless bridges carry no periodic costs, savings on connection bills rapidly cover the initial hardware investment. Private lines and in some cases leased lines utilizing metal or optical cable often require very expensive up-front costs in cases where they are impeded by barriers like freeways, train tracks, or bodies of water. Cisco wireless LAN bridges can be deployed rapidly with an excellent return on investment.

Cisco Aironet 1300 outdoor wireless access points/bridges can be implemented as independent wireless access points, bridges, or wireless group bridges. These devices have a durable cover and offer fast, cost-effective wireless connectivity between numerous fixed or mobile environments and users.

Cisco Aironet 1400 Series bridges offer fast, reliable outside wireless bridging for line-of-sight (LOS) environments. They include an all-weather enclosure that is optimized for severe outside conditions and function in wide temperature ranges.

Aironet Wireless Client Adapters
Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters connect a variety of devices to a wireless environment either in ad hoc peer-to-peer mode or in infrastructure mode with wireless LAN access points. Cisco Wireless LAN Adapters work with Cisco Aironet infrastructure devices to provide transparent wireless local area network solutions.

Available in CardBus, PCMCIA and PCI packages, Cisco Aironet Wireless Client cards quickly connect desktop and mobile computers to the wireless LAN in 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g-compliant networks. With Cisco Wireless LAN Client Adapters, you can instantly add additional workers to a network, support temporary teams, or introduce Internet connectivity in meeting areas.

Capable of a full 100 mW of transmit power and the best reception in the industry, the Cisco Aironet 350 Series wireless Client cards provide the best coverage and highest reliability in the industry for wireless devices. Advanced engineering in the Cisco 350 Series Wireless LAN Client Adapters helps manage the destructive interference often present in office environments. Intelligent filtering overcomes ambient interference that can decrease network functionality.

The Cisco 350 wireless LAN Adapters offer high speed so users can benefit from virtually the identical access they gain from wired interfaces. Based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the 2.4-gigahertz band, the Aironet 350 Series Client cards adhere to the 802.11b specification, allowing compatibility with all other compliant wireless LAN devices.

Wireless LAN Controllers
WLAN Controllers are designed to manage centralized WLAN functions, including intrusion prevention, fast RF control, automatic deployment, and full N+1 redundancy. Wireless LAN controllers operate with lightweight wireless LAN access points and a management appliance to offer enhanced throughput and high-end control functions.

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers offer the manageability, expandability, security, and dependability that IT managers need to build secure, large-scale wireless solutions, from branch offices, to small businesses, to main campuses. Cisco WLCs can be configured together to offer accommodation for up to 2400 WAPs per roaming domain.

Cisco's WLCM or WLCM-E Wireless LAN Controller Module for Integrated Services Routers provides small-to mid-size businesses (SMBs) and large corporations an economical solution to implement and control secure wireless LANs at satellite locations. These products manage as many as 12 Aironet lightweight wireless access points and are installable in 2800/3800 IS Routers and 3700 IS Routers.

Cisco's 2106 WLC works. operates together with Aironet lightweight wireless access points and Cisco's Wireless Control System (WCS) to provide systemwide WLAN services. Cisco's 2106 controller supports as many as six Cisco lightweight wireless access points, offering an economical alternative for multi-controller environments typical of enterprise satellite office installations. The Cisco 2106 Series WLC can also be utilized for single controller solutions for small and medium-sized business (SMB) systems. Cisco's 2106 Series WLC includes eight 10BASET Ethernet ports, two of which can supply power to Aironet lightweight wireless access points.

The Cisco 4400 Series WLC provides centralized wireless LAN functions for mid-size to enterprise facilities. The Cisco 4400 Wireless LAN Controller works in conjunction with Cisco lightweight wireless access points, the the Cisco Wireless Control System, and Cisco's Wireless Location Appliance to manage business-critical wireless data, voice, and video applications. Cisco's 4400 Wireless LAN Controller offers instant coordination between Aironet lightweight wireless access points and other WLCs to offer integrated security policies, wireless intrusion prevention system (IPS) functions, advanced RF management, quality of service, and mobility.

How Progent Can Help Your Company with Cisco Wireless Devices
Progent can provide a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or Cisco Certified Network Professional to assist you to develop a comprehensive wireless network design and implementation plan that incorporates a broad array of wireless products and technologies and provides the same security, scalability, and ease of management you expect from your wired network. Progent can assist you to implement transparent integration between Cisco wireless products and wireless devices and software from third-party suppliers to offer your company the features you need as well as the most secure, dependable, and cost-effective WLAN solution possible. Progent's CISM, CISSP, and ISSAP security professionals can show you how to build protection into your WLAN and your company's processes.

For a further discussion of Progent's wireless integration services, visit Progent's Wireless Network Expertise.

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